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After living in a house all my life and on an acre or more for the past 35 years, at 64, I’m moving into a condo. It’s a significant life change for DW and I and we’re hopeful that we take well to it. We’re looking at this as our last step before some sort of assisted living. This step should take DW into her 80’s and I’m 5 years behind. We’re thinking that 10 to 15 years would be good. If we live out our years there, that would be fine as well.
While we’re giving up land and some level of privacy, we realize that we predominantly live our lives indoors. In that regard, the indoor space of the condo is nicer than our current or past digs. It’s needs some updating, but the space (2100 sq ft) is a bit bigger than any of our other homes and the layout is much more suited to our current lifestyle. Of note is a larger, nicer master bedroom suite, vaulted ceilings, a great view (especially for a condo complex), and an upstairs (it’s basically a cape cod with the master on the first floor) with a loft area and a really interesting and large bedroom along with another bathroom.
I'm excited to be giving up grounds and building maintenance and concentrate on the indoors. I’m also excited to remodel our third home and have great hopes that the third time will be a charm. We’re also moving a bit closer to an area we often visit that is close to our shopping, dining and medical facilities yet not really any further from or daughters and grand children.
Excitement and a bit of nervousness are certainly in play but I look forward to this next phase in our lives together and hope I am doing well to lay the groundwork for our years of going a bit slower (aging).
While we’re giving up land and some level of privacy, we realize that we predominantly live our lives indoors. In that regard, the indoor space of the condo is nicer than our current or past digs. It’s needs some updating, but the space (2100 sq ft) is a bit bigger than any of our other homes and the layout is much more suited to our current lifestyle. Of note is a larger, nicer master bedroom suite, vaulted ceilings, a great view (especially for a condo complex), and an upstairs (it’s basically a cape cod with the master on the first floor) with a loft area and a really interesting and large bedroom along with another bathroom.
I'm excited to be giving up grounds and building maintenance and concentrate on the indoors. I’m also excited to remodel our third home and have great hopes that the third time will be a charm. We’re also moving a bit closer to an area we often visit that is close to our shopping, dining and medical facilities yet not really any further from or daughters and grand children.
Excitement and a bit of nervousness are certainly in play but I look forward to this next phase in our lives together and hope I am doing well to lay the groundwork for our years of going a bit slower (aging).
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